Grain-drill



(ModeL) (J. SGHOLZ. GRAIN DRILL.

Patented July 26,1881.

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PATENT. OFFICE.

CHARLES soHoLz, on DAYTON, OHIO.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,771, dated July 26,1881.

' Application filed May 13,1881. (ModelJ and exact description of theinvention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings,

- which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a top plan, Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view, Fig. 3is a side view, and Fig. 4 is a'bottom-plan view, of my invention.

Corresponding.parts in the several figures are denoted by like lettersof reference.

This invention relates to grain-drills; and it consists in a device orcombination of parts by which the drag bars may be adjusted to astraight orzigzag line at will of the operator, as will be hereinaftermore fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

The invention is an improvement on the patent granted to Charles F.Scholz on August 14, 1877, No. 194,268.

In the drawings hereto a'nnexed,A represents the frame of a grain-drill,the sides of which, B B, are provided with boxes 0 O for the transverseadjusting-bars D E. The front one of these, D, is provided with spindlesF, sliding longitudinally in slots Gin the said boxes. The rear bar, E,has suitable spindles mounted in bearings in the boxes 0. The bars D andE are connected, as shown, by hinges H, so that when they are turned intheir bearings the front bar, D, will slide longitudinally in the slotsG, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

I I are the drag-bars, which are forked at their front ends, as shown atJ One of said drag bars is connected to bar D and the other to bar E inthe following manner: The adjusting-bars are provided at opposite endswith cranks K, having slots L, in which one arm of the forked ends ofthe respective drag-bars is pivoted, the other arm of each drag-barbeing pivoted to a staple, M, upon the respective adj listing-bar.Intermediate drag-bars may be used, pivoted alternately to the bars Dand E.

Pivoted to the crank K of one of the dragbars is a lever, N, havingnotches O O, adjustable upon a stud, P, upon the side of frameA for thepurpose of retaining the transverse bars in any position to which theymay be adjusted. To operate the said lever N, I avail myself of a secondlever, Q, pivoted thereto, and having a slot, R, sliding upon a stud, S,upon the side of the'frame. The slot enables the said arm or lever Q tobe lifted, so as to raise the notched lever N ofi stud 1?, when thedesired adjustment may be readily accomplished.

This invention is simple, inexpensive, and easily applied and operated.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim and desire tosecure byLetters Patent of the United States- 1. The combination of the frame A,boxes 0, having slots G, transverse bars D E, hinged together, andhaving slotted cranks K, and staples M,the forked drag-bars I, andoperating mechanism, as herein described, for the purpose set forth.

2. In a device for adjusting the drag-bars of grain-drills, thecombination, with the adjusting-bar having crank K, and frame A, havingstuds P S, of the notched lever N, and the slotted lever Q, all arrangedand operating substantially as herein described, for the purpose shownand specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have heretoaffixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES SOHOLZ.

Witnesses:

JOHN HANITCH, WILLIAM H. CLARK.

